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In this Monday, March 19, 2012 photo, an Iranian man, wearing red clothes and black make-up, as a symbol of the Iranian New Year, called Haji Firouz, sings and dances in a street, hoping to earn money from passers-by in northern Tehran, Iran. The Iranian New Year or Nowruz, meaning "New Day'' was marked Tuesday in a rare glimpse at customs stretching back to the country's pre-Islamic past. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Obama reaches out to Iranians on Persian new year

Archives for مارس 2012

Feds to investigate fatal shooting of Fla. teen

Rev. Glenn Dames, senior pastor at St. James AME Church, leads people in a prayer at the Titusville Courthouse on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Titusville, Fla. A rally was held demanding justice for Trayvon Martin, a black Florida teenager fatally shot by a white neighborhood watch volunteer. No charges have been filed in the […]

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Rev. Glenn Dames, senior pastor at St. James AME Church, leads people in a prayer at the Titusville Courthouse on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in Titusville, Fla. A rally was held demanding justice for Trayvon Martin, a black Florida teenager fatally shot by a white neighborhood watch volunteer. No charges have been filed in the February death. (AP Photo/Florida Today, Craig Rubadoux) NO SALES; MAGS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT: FLORIDATODAY.COM

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A grand jury will convene in central Florida to consider the case of an unarmed black teen who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain. In a statement released Tuesday, Seminole County State Attorney Norm Wolfinger urged the public to be patient as the investigation unfolds. He said grand jurors will meet April

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Police Violence marks Occupy Wall Street’s 6 months anniversary

  An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator is arrested in Zuccotti Park after a march to celebrate the protest's sixth month, Saturday, March 17, 2012, in New York. With the city's attention focused on the huge St. Patrick's Day Parade many blocks uptown, the Occupy rally at Zuccotti Park on Saturday drew a far smaller crowd […]

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An Occupy Wall Street demonstrator is arrested in Zuccotti Park after a march to celebrate the protest's sixth month, Saturday, March 17, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

  (NEW YORK) MintPress — They may have endured violent clashes with the NYPD on Saturday night, but (OWS) Occupy Wall Street activists returned to the streets almost immediately, and have now set up camp in the middle of the city. A posting on the OWS website reads  “After the brutal attack on the attempted re-occupation of

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Supreme court has options on health care law

The Supreme Court Building is seen, Thursday, March 5, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law’s constitutionality at all, if it finds […]

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The Supreme Court Building is seen, Thursday, March 5, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law’s constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has several options in ruling on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, from upholding the law to striking it down in its entirety. The court also could avoid deciding the law's constitutionality at all, if it finds the lawsuits challenging the law are premature. Here is a look at six potential

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Vague suspicious terrorist behavior guidelines put innocent civilians at risk

A woman is patted down by airport secuirty at the London Heathrow Airport, England. (Photo by Scott Ableman) (MintPress)-The New Jersey Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Preparedness is one of many states to have created a terrorism awareness and prevention training as part of a nationwide effort to provide residents and workers with the skills […]

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A woman is patted down by airport secuirty at the London Heathrow Airport, England. (Photo by Scott Ableman)

(MintPress)-The New Jersey Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Preparedness is one of many states to have created a terrorism awareness and prevention training as part of a nationwide effort to provide residents and workers with the skills to better identify and report terror suspects. The department’s guidelines, which align with those of

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Pakistani parliament says no to US drones

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar talks to media as she leaves after attending parliament's joint session in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. A parliamentary commission demanded an end to American drone attacks inside Pakistan and an apology for deadly U.S. airstrikes in November, as part of proposed new terms in the country's […]

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Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar talks to media as she leaves after attending parliament's joint session in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. A parliamentary commission demanded an end to American drone attacks inside Pakistan and an apology for deadly U.S. airstrikes in November, as part of proposed new terms in the country's troubled relations with the United States. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani parliamentary commission demanded Tuesday an end to American drone attacks inside the country and an apology for deadly U.S. airstrikes in November as part of a review of its near-severed relations with the United States. The commission was tasked with going over ties with Washington after errant airstrikes killed 24

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Medvedev: Military to counter US missile shield

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks in the Grand Kremlin Palace during the summit of the Euro Asian Economic Union, a Russia dominated economic community, in Moscow on Monday, March 19, 2012. Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov sits at left. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military […]

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, right, speaks in the Grand Kremlin Palace during the summit of the Euro Asian Economic Union, a Russia dominated economic community, in Moscow on Monday, March 19, 2012. Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov sits at left. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military must prepare to counter U.S. missile defense plans in Europe even as talks between Moscow and Washington are ongoing, President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday. Medvedev told a meeting of Russia's top military brass that the country "isn't shutting the door to dialogue," but nevertheless must get ready to take

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